The Greatest Books of All Time on Secrets

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
4655 Tomorrow In The Battle Think On Me Javier Marias 1994 Spanish Spanish
4657 The Egyptian Cross Mystery Ellery Queen 1932 American English
4716 Jumping Jenny Anthony Berkeley 1933 British English
4751 The Wycherly Woman Ross Macdonald 1961 American English
4755 Angels And Demons Dan Brown 2000 American English
4826 The Hollow Needle Maurice Leblanc 1909 French French
4871 Music and Silence Rose Tremain 1999 British English
4888 The Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry 2008 Irish English
5000 The Pet Charles L. Grant 1986 American English
5091 Past Caring Robert Goddard 1986 British English
5149 Before We Were Free Julia Alvarez 2002 American English
5150 Clouds Of Witness Dorothy L. Sayers 1926 British English
5242 My Father And Myself J. R. Ackerley 1968 British English
5291 Revenge Yōko Ogawa 1998 Japanese Japanese
5317 Faithless Joyce Carol Oates 2001 American English
5319 The Leavenworth Case Anna Katharine Green 1878 American English
5319 The Goodbye Look Ross Macdonald 1969 American English
5323 The Remorseful Day Colin Dexter 1999 British English
5336 Bones And Silence Reginald Hill 1990 British English
5411 The Prince of Tides Pat Conroy 1986 American English
5434 The House At Old Vine Norah Lofts 1961 British English
5441 The Pendragon Legend Antal Szerb 1934 Hungarian Hungarian
5483 The House At Sunset Norah Lofts 1962 British English
5486 Big Little Lies Liane Moriarty 2014 Australian English
5499 The Underground Man Ross Macdonald 1971 American English
5514 The Shadow Over Innsmouth H. P. Lovecraft 1936 American English
5518 Dolores Claiborne Stephen King 1992 American English
5530 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride 2023 American English
5569 Everything I Never Told You Celeste Ng 2014 American English
5603 Jar City Arnaldur Indriðason 2000 Icelandic Icelandic
5618 The Westing Game Ellen Raskin 1978 American English
5624 Biography Of X Catherine Lacey 2023 American English
5626 The Richard Trilogy Paul Horgan 1970 American Unknown
5652 Nothing To See Here Kevin Wilson 2019 American English
5659 Abigél Szabó, Magda 1970 Hungarian Hungarian
5662 Bluebird, Bluebird Attica Locke 2017 American English
5680 The Covenant Of Water Abraham Verghese 2023 American English
5668 La Haute Morte Paul Vialar 1947 French French
5681 The Tendrils of the Vine Colette 1908 French Unknown
5744 Can You Keep A Secret? Sophie Kinsella 2003 British English
5745 The Lost Language of Cranes David Leavitt 1986 American English
5749 Open Secrets Alice Munro 1994 Canadian English
5763 Sparkling Cyanide Agatha Christie 1945 British English
5863 Elders And Betters Ivy Compton-Burnett 1944 British English
5899 The Ghost Sonata August Strindberg 1907 Swedish Swedish
5939 The Old Fox Deceiv'd Martha Grimes 1982 American English
5951 Cigarettes Harry Mathews 1987 American English
5966 A Princess In Theory Alyssa Cole 2018 American English
5981 Chiefs Stuart Woods 1981 American English
6003 Kate Vaiden Reynolds Price 1986 American English
6085 My Sister, The Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite 2018 Nigerian English
6096 True Betrayals Nora Roberts 1995 American English
6099 The Heart's Invisible Furies John Boyne 2017 Irish English
6235 Sadie When She Died Ed McBain 1972 American English
6241 The Decagon House Murders Yukito Ayatsuji 1987 Japanese Japanese
6243 The Chaneysville Incident David Bradley 1981 American English
6246 A Discovery Of Witches Deborah Harkness 2011 American English
6255 Six Four Hideo Yokoyama 2012 Japanese Japanese
6258 A Novel About My Wife Emily Perkins 2008 New Zealand English
6308 The Lost Symbol Dan Brown 2009 American English
6418 The Bonesetter's Daughter Amy Tan 2001 American English
6450 The Half Brother Lars Saabye Christensen 2001 Norwegian Norwegian
6477 Case Histories Kate Atkinson 2004 British English
6481 I'm Not Scared Niccolò Ammaniti 2001 Italian Italian
6487 The Keepers of the House Shirley Ann Grau 1964 American English
6539 Deliver Me From Eva Paul Bailey 2007 British Unknown
6569 Toxic Shock Sara Paretsky 1988 American English
6583 Hardball Sara Paretsky 2009 American English
6597 Flood Robert Penn Warren 1964 American Unknown
6684 Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda Becky Albertalli 2015 American English
6717 The Crime At Black Dudley Margery Allingham 1929 British English
6717 A Man Lay Dead Ngaio Marsh 1934 New Zealander English
6812 Scorched Wajdi Mouawad 2003 French French
6817 Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid 2017 American English
6846 King Solomon's Carpet Barbara Vine 1991 British English
6893 Régimódi Történet Szabó, Magda 1977 Hungarian Hungarian
6907 Spies Michael Frayn 2002 British English
6962 The Stress of Her Regard Tim Powers 1989 American English
6974 The Ice House Minette Walters 1992 British English
7067 O Testamento Do Sr. Napumoceno Da Silva Araújo Germano Almeida 1989 Cape Verdean Portuguese
7081 Hermina Sami Tchak 2003 French French
7086 The Crocodile Bird Ruth Rendell 1993 British English
7135 To All The Boys I've Loved Before Jenny Han 2014 American English
7137 Bury Your Dead Louise Penny 2010 Canadian English
7139 The Kitchen God's Wife Amy Tan 1991 American English
7142 Hello Beautiful Ann Napolitano 2023 American English
7189 Pet Akwaeke Emezi 2019 American English
7212 Boy Swallows Universe Trent Dalton 2018 Australian English
7216 Doctor Thorne Anthony Trollope 1858 British English
7216 The Antiquary Sir Walter Scott 1816 Scottish English
7216 The Long View Elizabeth Jane Howard 1956 British English
7585 Verity Colleen Hoover 2018 American English
7588 Commonwealth Ann Patchett 2016 American English
7649 Jalna Mazo de La Roche 1927 Canadian English
7711 The Honourable Schoolboy John le Carré 1977 British English
7716 Shroud For A Nightingale P. D. James 1971 British English
7741 The Ice Princess Camilla Läckberg 2003 Swedish Swedish
7772 The Bad Seed William March 1954 American English
7789 Chatham School Affair Thomas Cook 1996 American English
7803 Für Elise Szabó, Magda 1984 Hungarian Hungarian
7843 Black And Blue Ian Rankin 1997 British English
7845 The Accidental Ali Smith 2005 British English
7853 La Sorcière Marie NDiaye 1996 French French
7883 Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2020 Mexican English
7898 The Night Watch Sarah Waters 2006 British English
7932 The Judas Child Carol O'Connell 1998 American English
7937 The Keys To The Street Ruth Rendell 1996 British English
7998 Magpie Murders Anthony Horowitz 2016 British English
8026 The Dew Breaker Edwidge Danticat 2004 American English
8062 Santo Oficio De La Memoria Mempo Giardinelli 1991 Argentinian Spanish
8065 Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt 2022 American English
8076 The Blackwater Lightship Colm Toibin 1999 Irish English
8107 The Amber Gods And Other Stories Harriet Prescott Spofford 1863 American English
8144 Secrets Nuruddin Farah 1998 Somali English
8173 Ladrón De Lunas Isaac Montero 1990 Spanish Spanish
8183 Dead Time Eleanor Taylor Bland 1992 American English
8186 One Step Behind Henning Mankell 1997 Swedish Swedish
8191 The Fisherman John Langan 2016 American English
8256 The Kraken King Meljean Brook 2014 American English
8277 Love And Summer William Trevor 2009 Irish English